Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made.

Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way become inscribed in the spectator's memory.

Interior liberty is universal.

I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element.

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be used against them - which sometimes happened.

I like chance meetings--life is full of them. Everyday, without realizing it, I pass people whom I should know. At this moment, in this cafe, we're sitting next to strangers. Everyone will get up, leave, and go on their own way. And they'll never meet again. And if they do, they won't realize that it's not for the first time.